Herschel

(1960 OA )

NOW @ 9 LEO 43

FOUND @ 4 PIS 39

Inclination: 22.818

Eccentricity: 0.298

Period: 3.671 years

AU 2.38

Type: 0000

Discovery Chart

29.7.1960 22:59 Sonneberg 24e45 59n26 observations 1

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Just as (1000) honors Giuseppe Piazzi, the discoverer of the first minor planet, so (2000) honors William Herschel, (1738–1822), the discoverer of the first telescopic major planet. (M 4237) _ _.

Discovered on 29-7-1960 in Sonneberg by Schubart, J.
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